A few days later, envoys from the Western Regions arrived one after another.

The two countries before and after, the Yanqi country, the dangerous country, and the Mi country, and the end country, the turtle country, the exquisite country, but all those who still exist, still have some national strength, and want to make some money and spend are here.

The news of the return of the Central Plains Empire to the Western Regions has swept through the entire Western Regions.

All the countries in the Western Regions felt that they could keep up with the pace and were willing to be vassal states, one of them sent envoys to Luoyang as soon as possible.

Of course, there are also some countries that have more complicated feelings towards the Han Empire, or are far away, so they have not had much contact with the Han Empire.

But everyone went, and they also wanted to join in the fun, mixing up the identity of a vassal state, anyway, it would definitely be beneficial.

This trip to Luoyang is also an investigation to see if the new master of the Central Plains Empire is much different from the previous Han Dynasty emperors, is there anything inferior to it, and whether it is not good enough.

If everything is similar and passable, then there is nothing wrong with being a vassal state, after all, no one wants to provoke such a behemoth.

And more importantly, there are already many countries in the Western Regions, and if the latter ones don't keep up, when the time comes, these vassal states will unite and squeeze out, and there will be no place to reason if they are bullied.

The Wei Empire must be on the side of the vassal state, and it is impossible to speak for a country that is not a vassal state, so those who do not join the vassal state system will definitely be bullied in the future, and when you think of this, you must go.

It doesn't hurt anyway.

And I heard that even the big Kunmi of Wusun Kingdom sent people to Luoyang to worship, and Xiao Kunmi was stimulated by this and followed closely behind, if he didn't hurry up with the pace of the masses to hug his thighs, he would really be bullied to death in the future.

With the Wei Empire's Western Regions Protectorate, they at least have a guarantee, they are bullied, give some gifts to others, they stand up and say a word, no one dares to continue to use force.

Therefore, the weaker and smaller the national strength, the more threatening the country will be concerned about this matter.

Other countries that are still passable have gone to so many countries, and if you don't go, it will probably be troublesome, so you will keep up, and it will bring a rolling trend for a while.

From a small tribal country with only more than 1,000 people to a "big country" with more than 100,000 people and 10,000 troops, there is no one who does not go to Luoyang to join in the fun.

A few sent dozens of envoys, and a large number sent hundreds of people, with tribute gifts, quite large-scale.

Therefore, Luoyang also ushered in the arrival of batches of friends from the feudal states for a while.

The people of Luoyang were very interested in this, and whenever an envoy from a Western Regions country came to Luoyang, he would stop to watch these foreigners who looked and dressed differently.

If you are an old Guanzhong person, you should be no stranger to these visitors from the Western Regions, and you still have an impression.

During the reign of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, there were even Romans who came to Luoyang, so the official economic exchanges between the Western Regions and the Han government at that time were relatively close.

However, after the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, the population of Guanzhong was lost, and the current Guanzhong people were all migrated from Guandong, Jizhou and other relatively populated areas before and after Guo Peng ascended the throne, and many of the current Luoyang residents even migrated from the coastal areas of Qingzhou.

It is conceivable that they have never seen these foreigners, and they have no impression, so they must be very curious.

It was obviously the first time for these envoys to see such a majestic city and so many people, and their eyes looked at them curiously, and except for a few with lively personalities, most of them became cautious, and they were afraid that they would be made fun of if they walked in the wrong way.

Fortunately, they were soon taken to Rifan Temple, moved into their respective pavilions, and settled down.

After settling down, they did not get an immediate reception from Wei Tianzi as they imagined.

Instead, he learned the etiquette of meeting the emperor with the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and at the same time learned the laws that needed to be followed during his residence in Luoyang.

What etiquette do you need to use when meeting the Son of Heaven, what kind of clothes to wear, what kind of road to take, what posture to walk, what posture to bow down, and what kind of words to shout, and then you can be regarded as respecting the Chinese Son of Heaven, otherwise it is a trespass.

What laws need to be obeyed during living in Luoyang, what can be done, what not to do, where you can go, what you can't go, etc., as well as various penalties for violating the rules.

One by one, one by one, full of rules, let them feel that the Celestial Empire is really worthy of the Celestial Empire, so many rules, the slightest violation will be punished, it is really powerful.

The officials of the criminal department warned them that they could go to the market in Luoyang to hang out and shop, but they had to go on time, return on time, and pay, and if they did not follow the rules and were punished by the market officials, it would be nothing to say, it would be miserable.

So for more than a month, they were learning etiquette, learning the law, trimming their appearance, standardizing their dress, learning to sit and stand according to the rules.

Anyway, it's a lot of tossing for them, and they don't even have much time to leave the Lifan Courtyard to go out to play.

On December 17 of the third year of Yande, when the cold wind was cold, close to the end of the year, Guo Peng announced that he would receive envoys from the eighteen countries of the Western Regions in Fengtian Palace.

The chief and deputy envoys of the Eighteen Kingdoms were dressed like people, with a cautious and solemn appearance, and under the gaze of the officials of the Wei Empire, they stepped forward one by one to meet Guo Peng, the son of Wei Tianzi, who was sitting on the top.

It is said that when Guo Peng appeared, it was really pompous.

First beat the drum, then blew the horn, the deep and solemn horn sounded, with the sometimes short and sometimes long drum sound, Guo Peng appeared on the stage with the support of the eunuchs.

Guo was dressed in an ochre yellow imperial crown suit, his steps were slow and firm, his expression was solemn and solemn, he slowly walked to the high platform, stood in front of the emperor's desk, spread his hands, bent his knees forward, knelt on the cushion, and suddenly withdrew his hands and sat upright.

The ministers walked to the passage of the main hall from both sides, and expressed their respect and loyalty to the emperor according to their status.

Long live our emperor.

Then the ministers returned to their seats, bent their knees forward in the manner of the emperor, and sat upright, without squinting.

Subsequently, Xin Bi, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pretended to come forward and said that he had a performance, saying that the envoys of the eighteen countries of the Western Regions had come to see His Majesty, and asked His Majesty to receive them for the sake of their long journey to Luoyang, so as to fulfill their yearning and not make the vassal countries panic.

Guo also nodded pretending and ordered them to be allowed to meet.

I don't know if there are too many powerful people sitting in the court, and the momentum of being in a high position for a long time has made the entire Fengtian Hall full of coercion.

When the envoy of Shanshanguo, who was the first in line to be summoned, entered the Fengtian Temple, he suddenly felt that it was difficult to even breathe.

Every time I took a step forward, I seemed to be able to feel the disdainful eyes of the high-ranking officials of the Wei Empire on the left and right, and the coercion brought by the rushing official spirit was difficult for the magnates of these small countries to withstand.

Every step became difficult, and what used to be a brisk step now felt as heavy as lead.

However, the long-term training still allowed him to complete the process of the audience with good etiquette, and conveyed the request of the king of Shanshan to become a vassal state of the Wei Empire in a relatively proficient Chinese, and then presented a list of gifts he brought, and asked the deputy envoy to read the contents of the list aloud.

The tributary system was never a money-making or even a loss-making system.

Because the gifts that these small countries can bring are really nothing.

Some camels, some horses, some gold and silver treasures, some souvenirs, and their pious souls.

The quantity is small, and the price is not expensive, although it may be good for them.

Perhaps the most valuable thing is their pious souls.

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